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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. GH. 166. 1911. 949 States in connection with the improvement herein authorized, the expense connected with the preparation of such estimate to be paid · from the appropriation for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors: Promkied further, That neither this Act C0f;,§§t€}§§§e§.‘§fi23, °f nor any action taken thereunder by the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers shall be construed as in any way committing the Iignéted States to any expense or obligation without further direction _ o ongress. _ As a condition thereof it shall be agreed by the said city of Saint e§Y"°‘“"“’°""'°°°· Paul as a part of said proposed plan t at the said levees and landing placesfor shipping shall remain under the ownershi or control of. ` the said municipality unless otherwise authorized by (lbngress. _ Improving Mississippi River from Saint Paul to Minneapolis, M§,‘,‘§f,‘;,,$,*}§‘ “‘““° Minnesota: Continuing improvement, two hundred and fifty thouw;ii1d°u°is" h d fM1ss  C l C "·"‘* W eservoirs at ea waters o issi pi iver: om etin con-, ““’té `° "“"‘ struction of canal between Lake Winnibigoshish and £eechgLake, Edggiu h to Leech ten thousand dollars. - Improving Missouri River, with a view to securing a permanent }§§,§°s;_’§,§;,V§{b ,0 six-foot channel between Kansas City and the mouth of the river: mqpch. " The Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such EL§;{‘,¥.§’$t‘§¥‘“““°’· materials and work as may be necessary to prosecute the improvement, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate six hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the amounts heretofore appropriated. Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement M§”°°¤*‘*° ‘“'°'· aud for maintenance, ten thousand dollars. ' Improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement and °“·‘¥°R*'°’·*‘°· for maintenance, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Humboldt Bay, California: For maintenance §,§_”Q,‘;g}d;,B_,§g;§;;; of improvement of the channel in front of Eureka, fifteen thousand dollars. ‘ Improving harbor at Humboldt Bayl, California: Continuing H”0‘;°" · improvement, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars: Provided, &,,,,Z§’,;t,_ That the Secretary of War may enter into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate seven hundred and seventeen thousand four hundred dollars, exclusive of the amounts herein and heretofore apprcipriatcd. _ _ Improving Los Ange es arbor, California: Continuing improve- I‘°°"#“g°‘°°· C"` ment b dredging, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars: Pro- @’Q,§}1,,,,,,,,,,,_ vided, 'llhat if in the judgment of the Secretary of \Var the prices received in response to advertisement for bids for dredging are not reasonable, so much of the amount herein appropriated as shall be necessary may be expended for the purchase or construction of a suitable dredging plant. _ Improvin harboratOakland,Californ1a: Continuing improvement, °“klf‘“°*°"l‘ one hundred; and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That if in the judg- §°f.§§§§’g,g ,,,,,,,,_ ment of the Secretary of \Var the prices received in response to advertisement for bids for dredging are not reasonable, so much of the amount herein appropriated as shall be necessary may be expended for the purchase or construction of a suitable dredging plant. Improving channel over Pinole Shoal, San Pablo Bay, California, (S§,‘Q‘,n13,l{l§’,§f;Y;,$§lk in accordance with the report submitted in House Document Num- shwbered Eleven hundred and three, Sixtieth Congress, second session, including the construction of a dredge for maintenance, four hundred ,,,01,,,0 thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of \Var may enter cennmévs into a contract or contracts for such materials and work as may be necessary to complete the said project, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, not to exceed in the aggregate 88740°—-vox. 36, rr 1-11-52 ·